Ana Navarro says Hunter Biden’s Burisma pay pales vs Trump family

“The View” co-host Ana Navarro praised Hunter Biden as “a drag” and “the ultimate troll” on the ABC show’s “Behind the Table” podcast Thursday, previewing their 90-minute interview and arguing that scrutiny of Burisma revenue pales in comparison to the Trump family’s earnings during President Donald Trump’s second term.

“The fact that the presidency makes money, that Hunter was dragged to the coals and brought to a congressional hearing by Republicans for the money he made at Burisma, which isn’t even a big change compared to the billions of dollars the Trump family made from the presidency,” Navarro said. he said.

Navarro called the comparison one of several “double standards” discussed in an interview for the “Bleep! with Ana Navarro” podcast.

“I wanted him because I saw his social media and he’s become the biggest troll but he also does it with humor,” Navarro said.

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Navarro referenced Biden’s response to a user who blamed him for cocaine discovered at the White House in July 2023.

“And he said, ‘No, I would never forget my Coke,'” Navarro said.

The Secret Service closed the investigation without identifying a suspect, but the FBI reopened the case in 2025. Fox News Digital reached out to the FBI and the White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

Navarro described the lengthy conversation as engaging from start to finish.

Navarro praised Hunter Biden as “gripping” and defended his combative presence on social media.

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“Hunter Biden is riveting, riveting. We talked for over an hour and a half,” Navarro said. “The problem is: the interview was scheduled at exactly the same time as the Argentina-England match.” [World Cup] game.”

Burisma paid Biden and his business partner, Devon Archer, $1 million a year after he joined the board in 2014. based on To the House Oversight Committee. He joined when his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, helped direct U.S. policy toward Ukraine during the Obama administration.

Hunter Biden attended a closed-door testimony in the House during the Republican-led impeachment inquiry into his father in February 2024. The full House never voted on articles of impeachment.

Navarro also defended Hunter Biden’s art sales and suggested the transactions were being scrutinized.

Navarro argued that Hunter Biden’s Burisma earnings pale in comparison to the billions of dollars earned by the Trump family. (ABC/TheView)

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“And while his father was president, he didn’t make any money. He made money from his paintings…every painting he sold had to pass inspection, and he had been painting his whole life,” Navarro said.

The White House rejected Navarro’s comparison, arguing that Trump’s children have independently built successful businesses and disregarded Hunter Biden’s credibility.

White House communications director Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital: “President Trump’s children are wildly successful business leaders who run multibillion-dollar companies in their own right. Hunter Biden smoked crack, slept with prostitutes, and sold ugly paintings for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Nobody cares what he has to say.”

According to Fox News Digital, Biden’s former dealer, Georges Bergès, stated that the buyer-anonymity agreement did not come into force until September 2021 and that he knew about 70% of Biden’s buyers. Ten buyers paid $1.5 million for his work, of which Biden received $900,000, according to the Washington Post.

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Reuters estimated In June, Trump and his sons said they had added at least $2.3 billion to the family fortune through their major cryptocurrency ventures since returning to the White House. Trump said this month that he doesn’t manage his personal finances.